Only Our Rivers Run Free Lyrics

Only Our Rivers Run Free lyrics

When apples still grow in November 

 When blossoms still bloom on each tree 

 When leaves are still green in December 

 It´s then that our land will be free 

 I´ve wandered her hills and valleys 

 And still through my sorrow I see 

 A land that has never known freedom 

 And only her rivers run free 

  

 I drink to the death of her manhood 

 Those men who´d rather have died 

 Than to live in the cold chains of bondage 

 To bring back their rights were denied 

 But where are you now that we need you? 

 What burns where the flame used to be? 

 Are you gone like the snow of last winter? 

 And still only our rivers run free 

  

 How sweet is life, but we´re dying 

 How mellow the wine, but we´re dry 

 How fragrant the rose, but it´s dying 

 How gentle the wind but it sighs 

 What good is in youth when it´s aging? 

 What joys are in eyes that can´t see? 

 When there´s sorrow in sunshine and flowers 

 And still only our rivers run free